Senior Manager Regional Benefits

Job description

Accountabilities Lead the regional benefits strategy across EMEA, ensuring alignment with global Total Rewards frameworks and overall business objectives. Manage, mentor, and develop a regional benefits team, fostering a high-performance culture and continuous capability building. Oversee the design, governance, and execution of benefits programs, including time-off policies, ensuring compliance and financial sustainability. Partner with HR, Finance, Procurement, and business leaders to support benefits delivery, transformation initiatives, and organizational priorities. Lead annual benefits renewals, including plan design, cost-sharing models, vendor negotiations, and budget planning. Use data analytics to monitor cost drivers, assess risks, and identify opportunities to optimize benefits spend and effectiveness. Ensure compliance with country-specific regulations, internal governance standards, audits, and documentation requirements. Drive operational excellence by improving processes, standardizing procedures, and ensuring accurate and timely administration of benefits programs. Manage strategic vendor relationships and global brokers, ensuring performance against KPIs and high-quality employee support. Support M&A activities and benchmarking initiatives to ensure competitive and scalable benefits offerings across the region. Develop and deliver clear communication strategies to ensure employees and stakeholders understand benefits programs and changes effectively. Requirements Extensive experience in benefits strategy, total rewards, or compensation & benefits within a multinational or complex regional environment. Proven track record in people leadership, team development, and cross-functional stakeholder management. Strong understanding of benefits design, governance, compliance, and financial management across multiple jurisdictions. Experience working with benefits systems, HR platforms, and people analytics tools to generate insights and support decision-making. Solid financial acumen with the ability to manage budgets, cost drivers, and plan sustainability. Demonstrated ability to lead change management initiatives in evolving organizational environments. Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex benefits concepts into clear, employee-friendly messaging. Highly organized, execution-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed structure. Full professional proficiency in English (written and spoken). Strong influencing skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across global and local stakeholders. Benefits Flexible working arrangements supporting work-life balance. Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement benefit programs. Fully remote work model within the EMEA region. Opportunities for career development and continuous learning in a global organization. Exposure to international projects, including benefits transformation and M&A initiatives. Collaborative, inclusive, and globally connected work environment. Opportunity to shape and influence regional benefits strategy at scale. Strong focus on employee wellbeing and engagement programs. How Jobgether works: We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Why Apply Through Jobgether? Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1 This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Manager Regional Benefits in Ireland. This leadership role offers the opportunity to shape and evolve regional benefits strategy across a large and diverse international footprint. You will drive the design, governance, and optimization of benefits programs across the EMEA region, ensuring they are competitive, compliant, and financially sustainable. Acting as a key member of a global Total Rewards function, you will collaborate closely with HR, Finance, Procurement, and senior business stakeholders to deliver a seamless employee experience. In this role, you will also lead and develop a regional team, fostering capability growth and operational excellence. This is a high-impact position suited for a strategic thinker who combines analytical rigor with strong people leadership in a complex, matrixed environment.